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Originally Posted by tjinaz
Everyone seems to be forgetting the massive witchhunt/circus that was the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation. That was a new low by any standard. I have never seen such unsubstantiated and manufactured outrage in my life. We are way beyond having qualifications mean anything in these appointments anymore it is more about the identity politics than anything.
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It was a mess. The allegations in themselves were not necessarily disqualifying. Kavanagh's beahviour in response to the situation should have been disqualifying.
The Republican senators were reprehensible and disgusting. The Democratic senators fumbled the situation a bit, but the sad truth is that there really is no 'right' way to handle sexual assault allegations.